Wordpress

Instructors and staff can request a WordPress blog site for their course, shop or research area. A WordPress blog can be used for online or blended course delivery or to host media, information, artwork documentation etc. As the blog admin you can set access restrictions to be closed to the participants, open to the community or open to the internet.

To request an Emily Carr WordPress blog, contact IT Help.

What can I use it for?
  • Online or blended course delivery
  • As an information hub hosting text, discussions, media and documents
  • Students can post media or links to their work
  • Discussion and critique
FIPPA Compliancy: ✅

WordPress is hosted on EduCloud servers in BC.

More about FIPPA

Known issues

Posting embed code from Kaltura or elsewhere can sometimes not work. A custom WordPress plugin has been developed to remedy this. Contact tlc@ecuad.ca to troubleshoot.

Support

Support contact: For support or to request a WordPress Blog site contact IT Help or email tlc@ecuad.ca

Tutorials: If you want to learn how to get started building your own WordPress blog, LinkedIn Learning has a great introduction to WordPress video series + a well of other quality tutorials.

Log into LinkedIn Learning with your Emily Carr login. You might be prompted to create a profile, but this is not necessary. For more information See the Library's information page on using LinkedIn Learning.